Do the Bob Bradley haters still think Davies should have been invited into the pre-World Cup training camp? Bradley knows so much more about whats going on with American soccer players around the world then we can even imagine he does that its scary.

BIG EUROPEAN CLUB MATCHES COMING UP THIS WEEKEND

A huge round for the underdog!

-Sat Sep 25Manchester City 1-0 Chelsea - New money shows old money how its done. But old money had to make due without their top 3 goal scorers, and now await late season revenge.Bayern Munich 1-2 Mainz - Hoo hoo! The surprising early season leaders show the kings how its done! Wow!Roma 1-0 Inter - Is this be the day that Roma came to life? A big win in the dying seconds.Lyon 0-1 Saint-Etienne - More upstarts showing us how to get the job done!

The City Wizards new stadium now has 2 webcams to follow the progress of construction - Outside - and - Inside! It is looking fantastic. I can't wait to be there opening day!

USSF DIVISION 2

My NSC Stars put a thundering beatdown on Tampa Friday night to finish off their regular season, and will be the 7th seed in the playoffs, taking on the winner of the NASL division.

With only 1 week left in the regular season now, here are the playoff scenarios:-Austin or Rochester will have the 1st seed, the other will have the 3rd.-Vancouver or Carolina will have the 2nd seed, the other will have the 5th.-Portland will have the 4th seed.-Montreal, Minnesota and Puerto Rico are locked into their 6th, 7th and 8th seeds.

All playoff rounds are home and away, with the higher seed chosing which leg they want to play at home.

Why is Oguchi Onyewu not even getting into the game day 18 man rosters for Milan. Its not like they have this amazing defense that never sees change or errors? Is it still the thigh injury? Or does he have no chance there at this time?

Carlos Bocanegra and St Etienne stayed at #1 in France winning at Lyon!

Benny Feilhaber scored a game winner for Aarhus.

Michael Bradley got his first goal of the season for Gladbach as they tied at Schalke.

Sacha Kljestan has still not returned to the Anderlecht lineup since suffereing an ankle injury.

DENMARK - 1st DivisionBenny Feilhaber - AGF - scored the winning goal as they beat Koge 3-2 at home.Babajide Ogunbiyi - Viborg - scored his teams only goal as they lost 1-3 at home to Hvidovre.

ENGLAND - Premier LeagueClint Dempsey - Fulham - went the full 90 as they were held to a scoreless tie at home against Everton.Brad Friedel - Aston Villa - went the distance and won 1-2 at Wolverhampton.Marcus Hahnemann - Wolverhampton - played the full 90 but lost at home 1-2 to Aston Villa.Stuart Holden - Bolton - went the full 90 as they drew 2-2 at home against Manchester United.Tim Howard - Everton - in goal for a scoreless draw at Fulham.Eddie Johnson - Fulham - came on as a sub in the 55th minute of a 0-0 home tie with Everton.

ENGLAND - League OneFrank Simek - Carlisle United - played the entire game but lost 2-0 at Bournemouth

FRANCE - Ligue 1Carlos Bocanegra - Saint Etienne - went the full 90 and won 1-0 at Lyon.

GERMANY - BundesligaMichael Bradley - Monchengladbach - played the full 90 as they drew 2-2 at Schalke.Steve Cherundolo - Hannover - went the distance winning 0-1 at Kaiserslautern.Jermaine Jones - Schalke - started but only played 51 minutes of a 2-2 home tie with Gladbach.

Jose Torres is still stuck on the bench at Pachuca, but Marco Vidal started his second game in a row for them, while Herculez Gomez came on as a sub and scored his first goal of the season.

Game Action:

PRIMERA DIVISIONHerculez Gomez - Pachuca - came on as a sub in the 77th minute and scored the insurance goal as they won at home 3-1 over Tecos.Sammy Ochoa - Estudiantes Tecos - came on as a sub in the 73rd minute but they lost on the road 3-1 to Pachuca.Miguel Ponce - Guadalajara - went the full 90 as they drew 1-1 at UANL Tigres.Marco Vidal - Pachuca - started and was subbed out at half time after a yellow card as they won 3-1 at home over Tecos.

ENGLAND

Crazy results saw Chelsea lose to fellow gazillionaires Man City, the Arse lose to West Brom, Spurs lose to West Ham, and Man U held to a draw at Bolton. Wow!

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The other shocking news is that Everton is dead last with no wins in 6 games.

Even though its only 5 rounds into the season its still stunning to see Valencia at #1. They won again, while Real Madrid where held to a draw with Barca winning and taking over 2nd. And the mighty Hercules won again, this time beating Sevilla!

Roma rose from the near dead to knock off Inter in the 90th minute, while Milan, Juve and Fiorentina all won, and surprising Lazio moved into a tie for 1st place with Inter.

How did Roma do it? In the final quarter of the game Ranieri brought on 2 forwards for midfielders, while Benitez at Inter subbed off 2 forward for 2 midfielders. I am a rank amateur and even I know that if you want to win you don't retreat. Great job by Roma going for the throat.